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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, SC

July 14, 2013Evans County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 2:39 AM EDT for Evans County, Georgia. It took effect at Jul 14, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2013, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 17, 2013, 9:16 PM EDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity
Minor

County Evans County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Canoochee River near Claxton (CNOG1). The gauge peaked at 12.62 ft at Jul 15, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13.5 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02203000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 14, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 6:59 PM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-052-
142300-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

FLOODING...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN OCCUR ON
SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-142300-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

FLOODING...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN OCCUR ON
SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-142300-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35
KT...TEMPORARILY HIGHER SEAS...HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO
UNDER 1 NM AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
944 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE DOVER              32.59N  81.70W
07/13/2013                   SCREVEN            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 17 AND ROUTE 301 NEAR COOPERVILLE ARE CLOSED
            DUE TO EARLIER TORRENTIAL RAINS AND ALSO DUE TO A
            PARTIAL BREACH OF THE NEARBY EARTHEN DAM ON THE POND AT
            HERBERT JACOBS FARM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1300677

33
Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS118 min
Jul 14, 5:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Jasper89 min
Jul 14, 5:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS91 min
Jul 14, 6:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort, Berkeley, Charleston2 hr
Jul 14, 7:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston81 min
Jul 13, 10:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBulloch, Screven12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.